Export OFT to EPUB via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to EPUB on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to EPUB conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Total for .NET is the perfect solution for this. It is a suite of file format manipulation APIs that can help you achieve the desired results.
Aspose.Email for .NET is the first API you need to use. It can help you convert OFT file format to HTML. This API is equipped with features like email message conversion, email message extraction, and more. It also supports various file formats like MSG, EML, EMLX, MHTML, and more.
Once you have converted the OFT file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render HTML to EPUB. This API is designed to help you create, edit, and convert documents. It supports a wide range of file formats like DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, HTML, and more. It also offers features like document manipulation, document comparison, mail merge, and more.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily convert OFT to EPUB. This suite of APIs is the perfect solution for .NET developers who need to add OFT to EPUB conversion features to their applications.
C# API to Convert OFT to EPUB
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to EPUB format using Save method and set Epub as SaveFormat
Conversion Requirements
Install from command line as nuget install Aspose.Total or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package Aspose.Total.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .
MailMessage message = MailMessage.Load("sourceFile.oft");
// save OFT as a HTML
message.Save("HtmlOutput.html", SaveOptions.DefaultHtml);
// load HTML with an instance of Document
Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html");
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Epub
document.Save("output.epub", SaveFormat.Epub);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to EPUB, if you want to make sure that you are converting the correct email, you can load OFT document, parse it and have a look at your desired property. By using MapiMessage class of Aspose.Email for .NET API, you can get sender and recipients information. For example, you can check for a specific sender email for the conversion by using SenderName property.
var outlookMessageFile = MapiMessage.FromFile("message.oft");
// check for SenderName
if(outlookMessageFile.SenderName == "John"){
//proceed with conversion process
}
Restrict EPUB Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to EPUB, you might need to protect your output document. Sometimes you may need to limit the ability to edit a document and only allow certain actions with it. This can be useful to prevent other people from editing sensitive and confidential information in your document. Aspose.Words for .NET API, enables you to control the way you restrict the content using the ProtectionType enumeration parameter. You can set your document to read-only by using the following lines of code.
Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html");
// apply document protection and set protection password
doc.Protect(ProtectionType.ReadOnly, "password");
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Epub
document.Save("output.epub", SaveFormat.Epub);